Writing a book and publishing it may be most of the battle, but selling your time can also be a struggle. Publishers are cutting back on their marketing budgets and booksellers have limited space on the shelves.

Thankfully, the ever-growing popularity and ease of online social media – Facebook, My Space, Twitter, as well as author websites and blogs -- makes it easier than ever for authors to reach their audiences, promote their books and gain readers. When writers take advantage of this “brave new world” online.

On Thursday, October 15, join a panel of award-winning and best-selling authors, led by Paste magazine book editor and Pulitzer Prize nominee Charles McNair, as they discuss the phenomenal new world of book marketing and promotion in this technological age. Mix and mingle with these and other accomplished writers, purchase their books for signing, and learn about two worthy professional organizations, ASJA and the APC, that support both national and local media members.

Panelists:
Hollis Gillespie, Atlanta magazine columnist and writing instructor , author of, most recently, Trailer Trashed: My Dubious Efforts Toward Upward Mobility
Novelist Joshilyn Jackson, author, of Gods in Alabama and most recently, of The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

Former newspaper reporter and editor Hank Klibanoff, 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winner for The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation,co-authored with Eugene Roberts

Virginia-based magazine journalist, speaker and teacher Janine Latus, author of If I am Missing or Dead: A Sister’s Story of Love, Murder and Liberation

Moderator: Charles McNair, book editor at Paste magazine and 1994 Pulitzer Prize nominee for his first novel, Land O’Goshen

Special thanks to our Food Sponsor:
Goldberg’s Bagel Company and Deli

Many Thanks to Sandra Lamb for dontating copies of her two books, Personal Notes: How to Write from the Heart for Any Occasion and How to Write It: Complete Guide to Everything You'll Ever Write to our raffle.

WHEN
Thursday, October 15
6pm - 7pm Book sales and signings, Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages
7-8:30 pm - Program
Book sales by Barnes & Noble Booksellers

WHERE
The Commerce Club
34 Broad Street
18th Floor
Atlanta , GA 30303
Valet parking is available for $6 and is not included in the ticket prices.
For directions, please visit www.thecommerceclub.org/location.html. Because of limited parking at TCC, please consider using MARTA, whose Five Points station is across the street, or parking in nearby decks on Marietta Street.

R.S.V.P.
This program is open to the public. APC and ASJA members and students receive complimentary admission to the event. Please R.S.V.P. so we know how many people to expect. Nonmembers may purchase tickets for $10. Tickets may be purchased by clicking the link below or by calling 404-57-PRESS. Payment must accompany reservations, and there is a 48-hour cancellation policy.